Archive for: August 26, 2007

August 26, 2007

Auslogics Disk Defrag 1.3.7.235

Disk fragmentation leads to system slowdowns PC crashes slow startup and shutdown and sometimes to system failures Auslogics Disk Defrag reg is designed for fast optimization of today 39 s modern hard disks Get the maximum performance out of your expensive hardware investments And it 39 s absolutely FREE It works on Windows XP 2000 2003 and Vista

Improve computer performance and stability
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Useful disk fragmentation map and detailed fragmentation report
Windows XP Home and Professional 2000 2003 and Vista supported

Hard disks are by far the slowest component in your computer CPU and memory work much faster than hard disks because they do not have moving parts Therefore fragmented disks often become a bottleneck of the system performance

Besides causing slowdowns fragmentation makes the hard drive disk heads move frequently when reading files which leads to freeze ups and system crashes It is important to keep your disks defragmented and optimized as much as possible

Changes in version 1 3 7 235
adds a new feature ability to remove temporary files before defragmentation
adds a new feature ability to set the resource usage low normal high
improves disk defragmentation speed
improves GUI design and fixes Windows Visa fonts
improves disk fragmentation map
various bug fixes and optimizations

Mobile Phone Throwing World Championships draws frustrated cellphone owners from across the globe

Filed under: Review - 26 Aug 2007

Although no records were broken, this year’s Mobile Phone Throwing World Championships went off successfully, with one 38 year old engineer and former potato thrower called Tommi Huotari causing a buzz for throwing a cell only meters short of the recently attained 95 meter record setting throw: …

Chinese company interested in American tough Disk Drive manufacturer

Filed under: Review - 26 Aug 2007

An unnamed Chinese company has expressed interest in purchasing an American tough Disk Drive manufacturer, which has predictably sparked the interest of the American Government ever paranoid about technology “security.” Mr. Bill “Seagate is for porn” Watkins disclosed that overture from an unnam…

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*OSNews Turns 10*

Filed under: Review - 26 Aug 2007

Today, 26th August 2007, OSNews has turned precisely ten years old. For a decade now, OSNews has been giving you the latest news on operating systems, its major applications, and a whole lot of other technology related things. We covered the demise of Be, Inc. we have seen 10 different years of Linu…

Interview: Vint Cerf

Filed under: Review - 26 Aug 2007

The BBC has interviewed Vint Cerf. “Vint Cerf is known as one of the founder fathers of the Web and played a key role in the development of the protocols which underpin the global net. He was a founding member of the Web Society and is Google’s Chief World Wide Web Evangelist.”Original post by donot…

Sony’s Advanced Amateur Alpha DSLR in the wild?

Filed under: Review - 26 Aug 2007

We didn’t think Sony’s Advanced Amateur Alpha was in any shape to show around town, but that pic of what’s supposedly just that camera was shot at final week’s Nikon D3 and D300 launch event. You know, whether we were Sony and trying to psych out Nikon, we might additionally consider seeding our…

Google Reveals YouTube Ads Strategy

Filed under: Review - 26 Aug 2007

YouTube, a video web site acquired by search engine giant Google in November final year, has revealed its online marketing strategy. The Big G said small half obvious adverts will be incorporated in a choice of video ………

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SmartQ rolls out T5 portable flash player

Filed under: Review - 26 Aug 2007

SmartQ has another flash based portable media player for us from China with the release of the SmartQ T5. Coming in 2 and 4GB variations, the T5 plays a variety of file formats including 640×480, 30 fps XVID DivX, and features a 3.0-inch screen — 320×240, a shame considering its VGA quality pla…

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RCA’s RP5500i clock radio hearts your iPod

Filed under: Review - 26 Aug 2007

An alarm clock blaring in the early AM is typically not a pleasant event, but RCA is attempting to manufacture the experience a bit less frustrating by waking you with your favorite tunes. The RP5500i clock radio joins the already saturated iPod clock market, but throws in those huge LED digits,…

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You had me at “Welcome”: OS X Leopard introductory film leaked

Filed under: Review - 26 Aug 2007

This might be a hit or miss for most of you, but for the Mac enthusiasts (StrmnNrmn and myself included), that leaked video is one geekgasm you wouldn’t want to miss. The short clip we are about to see is the introductory video for the new Mac OS X Leopard. Introductory video? What’s that, you ask? …

Recycle bin tough drive stores your deletions, mimics a trash can

Filed under: Review - 26 Aug 2007

We’ll confess, it does seem a bit unnecessary to purchase an external tough drive that reserves its space for your deleted files, but whether it looks that good, we can’t help but be awed. Designed by Franco Cagnina, the Tempo concept is a 250GB tough drive that somehow resides in a trash can-sh…

iConcertCal - Let iTunes fill your social calendar

Filed under: Review - 26 Aug 2007

If you’re one of those public who always finds out about a concert the dawn after, thereupon iConcertCal is for you.

iConcertCal is an iTunes plug-in designed to let you know about upcoming concerts in your area and upcoming album releases by creating a calender based the music you have in Tu…

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